Hildr

Old Norse Dictionary - hildr

Meaning of Old Norse word "hildr" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

hildr Old Norse word can mean:

hildr: f., dat. and acc. hildi, [A. S. hild; Hel. hildi; prob. akin to hjaldr, q. v.]:—battle, only in poetry; heilir hildar til, heilir hildi frá, Hm. 157; vekja hildi, to wage war, Hkv. 2. 6; hefja hildi, to begin a battle, Hkm. 2; er hildr þróask, when war waxes, Stor. 13; hörð h., a hard fight; bjóða hildi, to offer battle; ganga í hildi, to go into battle; semja, fremja hildi, to wage war, Lex. poët. In poetry a shield is called hildar-ský, hildar-vé, hildar-veggr. 2. name of one of the Valkyrias (see Valkyrja), who were regarded as the handmaids of Odin, Vsp. 22, Gm. 36; Hildr is also represented as a daughter of the mythical king Högni and the bride of Héðin, whose life is recorded in the tale of Hjaðninga-víg, Edda 89, 90: hence war is called Hildar-leikr, m. the game of H., Bm. 1, passim.

hildr: II. in pr. names; it is rare as a prefix in northern names, but freq. in old Germ.: of men, Hildir, Hildi-björn, Hildi-brandr, Hildi-grímr, Hild-ólfr; of women, Hildr, Hildi-gunnr, Hildi-ríðr: again, it often forms the latter part in female names, and often spelt or sounded without the aspirate, Ás-hildr, Bryn-hildr, Böðv-ildr, Dóm-hildr, Ey-ildr, Geir-hildr, Grím-hildr, Gunn-hildr, Hrafn-hildr, Matt-ildr (for.), Orm-hildr, Ragn-hildr, Svan-hildr, Úlf-hildr, Yngv-ildr, Þor-hildr, Landn.

hildr: III. in pl. hildir, the caul or membrane covering animals, calves, lambs when cast, kálfs-hildir, kýr-hildir, freq. in mod. usage.

hildr: B. APPELLATIVE COMPDS. hildi- only in poets: hildi-frækn, adj. mighty in war. hildi-göltr, m., mythic. a helmet, Edda 82. hildi-leikr, m. [A. S. hilde-gelâc], the game of war, a fight, Fm. 31. hildi-meiðr, m., poët. a warrior, pillar of war, Fm. 36. hildi-svín, n. = hildigöltr, Edda 82, Hdl. 7. hildi-tannr, m., gen. hilditanns, Edda i. 464; dat. hilditanni, FmS. ix. 455 (an evidence that tönn, a tooth, was originally masc.); later, Hildi-tönn, f. nickname of the old Danish king, see Skjöld. S., qS. a war-tooth, tusk; cp. A. S. hilde-tux, Beow. 1511.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᛚᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

acc.: accusative.

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

dat.: dative.

f.: feminine.

Hel.: Heliand.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

prob.: probably.

q. v.: quod vide.

S.: Saga.

v.: vide.

for.: foreign.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

Germ.: German.

n.: neuter.

pr.: proper, properly.

mod.: modern.

pl.: plural.

adj.: adjective.

cp.: compare.

gen.: genitive.

masc.: masculine.

poët.: poetically.

qs.: quasi.

Works & Authors cited:

Bm.: Bjarka-mál. (A. II.)

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Gm.: Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)

Hkm.: Hákonar-mál. (A. III.)

Hkv.: Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)

Hm.: Hává-mál. (A. I.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

Stor.: Sona-torrek. (A. III.)

Vsp.: Völuspá. (A. I.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

Fm.: Fafnis-mál. (A. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Hdl.: Hyndlu-ljóð. (A. II.)

Skjöld.: Skjöldunga Saga. (C. II.)

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